Heart of a Dog

2015

1h 15min

Directed by: Laurie Anderson

Written by: Laurie Anderson

UK release: 20 May 2016

Self-narrated documentary by musician and multimedia artist Anderson, ostensible inspired by her love for her rat terrier Lolabelle but taking in many topics from her relationship to her mother to surveillance in post-9/11 America. Provocative, thoughtful and seductive, it's a melancholy delight.

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